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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1855-08-28

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AM- Aj OFFICB 8onthwett end KramlU Blook, 2d Floor. "IF A FREE TltOUGlIT SEEK EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLDLY SPEAK IT ALL," j TOK3-(J,2 CO per Idiibiq. it paid la Adr&Bta, VOL.L MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1855. NO: 41. M 111 i THE 1I0UNT VERM REPMIIICA II fUBLUHltD EVERY TUESDAY MOIsRING, "Republican Priming Company,1 Incorporated under the General Lav, TERMS. In Advance 2,00; within li month. 19,95 : after the expiration of li months. 9.50: after the end of the year, 3 00, Subscribers in town, recoivinp their paper by carrier, will be charged 12)$ cents audi tional. - Olubi often, $1,75 to be paid invariably in advance. All communication! for the paper and bull Deis letter) should be addressed to, 1 WM. H. COCHRA.N. Secretary of the Republican Printing 06 StUtitb poetry. " ' " "A Story'bf School. itn a.BAat. The red light shone through the open doof, ' From the round, declining sun And fantastic shadows, all about On the dusty floor were thrown, ' A the factory clock tol'd the hour of fire, And the school waa almost done. The mingled hum of the busy town, Rose faint from her lower plain ; And we saw the steeple orer the trees, With its motionless, golden vane ( And heard the cattle's musical low, And the rustle of standing grain. In the open casement s lingering bee Murmured a drowsy tune ; And, from the upland meadows, a song In the lulls of the afternoon Bad come, on the air that wandered by, Laden with the scents of June. Our tasks were finished, and lessons said ; And we sat all hushed and still, Listening to catch the purl of the brook, An;! the whir of the distant mill ; And watting the word of dismissal, that yet Waited the master's will. The master was old and his form was bent, And scattered and white his hair : But bis heart was young, and there ever dwel't A calm and kindly air. Like the halo over a pictured saint. On his face marked deep with care. His eyes wee elosed and his wrinkled hands Were folded over his vest Aa wearily back in his oaken chair, He reclined as if to rest ; And the gulden streaming sunlight fell . On his orow, and down his breast. We waited in reverent silence long, And silence the master kept ; Though still the accustomed saintly smile Over his features crept : And we thought, that worn with the lengthened - toil ' Of the summer's day, he slept. So we quietly rose, and left our seats,' And outward into the sun, . From the gathering shades of the dusty room, Siole -ileiitly, one by one ; For we knew by the distant striking clock, It was time the school, was doue. . .. And left the master, sleeping alone, ' Al.in In his hiih bacLed chair : Withhis eyelids closed and his withered palms Folded, as it in prayer ; And the mingled light and smile on his face ; And we knew not dbath was there. Nor knew, that just as the clock struck five, . His kindly soul away, A shadowy messenger silently bore . From its trembling house of clay, To be a child with the Saints in HeaVen, And to dwell with Caaisf , alway I Earthly Hopef. Sack it hope! at changeful and u fair! Contains!. . .. Hope, thou flatterer I came not near me, I have learned too well thy power ; Smile not on me. I am weary Gating on each faded flower. Hopes are false I I dare not trust thee They are fleeting, they are vain-Glittering bubbles, now I burst ye, Though it rend the heart with paid. ' Those who wonder after pleasure Feel thy kiss upon their brow, And their hearts dance to the measure Of thy music, soil and low ; But there comes a wail of sadness, - Hippling like an echo on, . in the track of hopeful gladness, . , Hopelight wasted, faded, yoiu.' ' Thon hast sruilod up in all fades', Avery heart a welcome given ) And thy magic pencil traces , Scenes aa lair as those of heaven. All have hoped a bright to morrow, Alt hare known a dark to-day, And have turned from joy to sorrow. As thy brightness fled away. "Whisper not I tiere is no mortal . , But has clasped thy waiting hand, ' 7 Thou hast led all to the portal Of some glowing "promised land." Singing like a woodland song-bird, i' Wooing all my heart astray. ,ii Teaming, I, alas I too long heard, . ". Thy false music-siren lay. , Noil1 1 turn to life's endeavor, r . Turn from hopes of earthly joys, " And I trust a hope that never Feels the blight of Time's alloy. . Earthly hopes, ion not trust ye Te are fleeting, ye are vain I Glittering bubbles, now I burst ye, Though itrend theheatt with paro I ' light of th Aged. ! AA old man' sat In the1 sunset, gold, By the doer of the cottage low ; : Bis soft white hair, his reverend air, .. j His holy smile, all told ' His Work was finished below'. . , Children played at the old man's feet, .' .Threa gentle blue eyed trirla : Their mother had played in theiotta'gVsuadrf, inuvaiepa ngnc ana neet, , And waving golden curia. His heart was warm to that little band. Bright in the setting; sin, And he said, "Oh Lord 1 1 trust thy word, , I see the promised land. And I knew that my work is done. ' " I thank thee for the pleasant ways ' , In which my feet have trod; - ., , I bless for all, both great and small, . 1-' But most for these I praise ' Thy goodness, oh 1 my Ood t" ' ' ' "Then a trtstron Stepped from the cottage1 door, A Matron fair to tee r t- Her hantfihe laid on the aid man's head 1 , " Father, I thank God o'er and o'er, But bless him most for the I" 3fOut imp woke up the other morning and was astonished to see a bed-bug sitting on tha back of a chair, pulling pins from his' cost, sfid innocently picking his tsstb. 0torii-Ucr0 ffering. THE FATAL C0SCE1LMEST. Bt aS KNOM8H BARRISTER. Some years after I commenced practice but the preeise date I shall, for obvious reasons, 'avoid mentioning I had a friend at whose bouse I was a pretty constant visitor, lie bad a wire who was the mag. net that drew me there. She was beautl ul, but I shall not attempt to describe her, She was more than beautiful she was fas- oinattnir. she was oanti vntitii?. Her Dres cnoe was to me like the intoxication of opi urn. 1 was only happy uuder its influence ; ana yet, arter Indulgence in the total pleasure, I sank into the deepest despondency In my own justification, I must say that I never In word or look, betrayed my feel ings, though I bad some reason to suspect! mat mey were reciprocated ; lor, while in my company, she was always gay, brilliant and witty ; yet, as 1 learned trom oihers, at times she was o'ten sad and melancholy. Powerful, most powerful was the tempta tion to make an unreserved disclosure of my heart, but I resisted it. That I had the firmness so to do, has been for years my only consolation. Une morning 1 sat alone in mv chamber. Mv clerk was absent. A gentle knock was just audible at the outer door. I shouted " come in I in no very amiable humor, for I was induging in a delicious reverie upon the subject of the lady of my heart, and the presence of an ordinary mortal was hateful. The door opened, and Mrs. entered. I do not know exactly what I did, but it seemed to be a long time before I had the power to rise and welcome her, while Bhe stood there with a timid blush upon her lips, which made me feel that it would be too great a happiness to die for her. " I don't wonder that you are surprised too see me here," she began, with a provoking little laugh ; " but is your antomsh-ment too great to allow you to say, how do you do ?" 1 he spell was broken. I started up and took her hand ; and I fear I presed it more warmly and held it longer than was absolutely necessary. " Perhaps your surprise will be mcreas ed," she continued, " when I inform you that I have come on business." I muttered something about not being so ambitious as to hope that she would visit me from any other motive, one took no notice of what I said, but I perceived that her face turned deadly pale, and that ber hand trembled as she placed before me a bundle ot papers. " You will see by these, she said in a low hurried voice, " that some property was left to me by mv uncle, and by my grandfather, but so strioilr settled that even I can touch no hing but the interest. Now, my husband is in want of a large sum of money at this moment, and l wish you to examine the affair well, and see whether by any twisting of the law I can place any part of my capital at his disposal. Unintentionally I have done him a great wrong," she added in a tone so low that no ears less jealously alive tb in mine could have their meaning ; " and poor as this reparation is, it is all 1 can make, and I must do it if possible." I pretended to study the papers before me, but the lights danced and mingled ; and if by great effort, I forced my eyes to distinguish a word, it conveyed not the slightest meaning to my whirling brain. livery drop of blood in my body seemed imbued with a separate e msciousness, and to be tingling and rushing to the side next to her, whose presence within a short distance of me was the only thing of which I had a distinct perception. I hung my head to hide from her the emo ion of which I was thoroutlily ashamed. It may well be believed that I was in no condition to give a professional opinion ; but got over the difficulty by telling her I must have time to study the case, and. locking up the chambers, an l going abroad promising to let her know the result. for twenty years. But the ide was reject- "You are a tiresome creature," she said ed as soon as formed; for it would be hard-with a little coquettish air. " I really ex- ly possible that the presence of a dead pected that for onoe in your life, and for a friend, too. vou mitrht have got rid of the law's delays, and give me your opinion in , half' an hour ; so far, at least, as to tell me whether there is any probability of mv be- ing able to do as I desire. But I see vou are like the rest of the lawyers time! time! ! I T Ml f I . , . 'I the rest of the lawyers time! time!: I suppose you will keep about it tilt end ; and then it will all go to my I d by due course of law." ' i i time i 1 1 I am dead husband "It mav not reauire more than half an1 hour to ascertain so muoh, when I can di-1 rect my thoughts to it for that apace of; time," I replied; and I know that the words rattled like shot out of my mouth. " But would you be so unreasonable as to require an artist to draw a straight line when he was under a fit of delirium tremens."" You are an incomprehensible person," she replied rather coldly ; " so I shall leave you to your legal and lawful studies. But if you are going to have an attack of the delirium tremens, perhaps I bad better send in the doctor shall IV "Well, I don't anticipate an attack this it v . f f.i t j. a short time since, and my mind has not quite recovered its equilibrium." , We talked a few minutes longer she quizzing me in her light, playful manner' and I delighted to be so teased, standing stupid ana dumb, scarely able to say a word, though very anxious to prolong the1 delightful moments by keeping up the war of badinagt.. At length she went to the door, aud I was about to escort ber down ! stairs, when we heard some one Speaking be! " Good God I" she exclaimed, ollncring wildly to my arm 5 " that is my husband's voio-; if he finds me here I am ruined,' " Duo'tbe alarmed," I replied, endear onng to re assure her j you Came here on outness, wo i ue oould only lore you the more for it." ' . You don't know about this so we! as I do, she said, shudderinc convulsively g convulsively.' ;ly of you aod. i isieaious exceedint? v of voi oh i I fear not without soma oause. jns tomewhere, for mercy 'i hM." ittue I oiurmag, i. answered, wun a lorceui matches to set tne place on nre. 1 grasp-laugh ; " so I will not give you the trouble. ed a raior, and looked eagerly at its edge The fact is, I have been violently agitated, as the surest and swiftest way of ending I do not know how it happened, but my arm was round her, and I half carried ber across the room to a large book closet, " No, shut it lock it take away the key, or I shall not feel safe. There is plenty of air ;" aud she sprang into the recess. For one moment her eyes met mine, and I thought they beamed with deep impassioned love. The next, I had locked the door upon my treasure, thrown th'i papers she had brought into a drawer, and was apparently busy with my pen when my fntni entered. Hj commeuced in a round-about way to question me upon oer-tain points of the law respecting marriage settlements, dca.; and after a tedious amount of circumlocution, he g-ive me to understand that all this regards a desired transfer of some property of his wife's in'.o his own bands. Ho bad come upon the same errand as that generous creature. He also had a copy of the relatives' wills, and these I was compelled to examine closely, for he was desperately pertinacious, and Would not be put off. I was angry at the thought of what his poor wife must be suffering, pent up in that narrow prison. I felt that I could have kicked her husband out of doors for keeping ber there. At last he made amove as if to go. I started up and stood ready to bow bun out. " So," said he, tying up his papers with provoking deliberation, " nothing but my wife's death, you say, can put me in pos session of this money. I want it very much, but nobody will suspect me of desiring her death for the sake or Having it a little sooner." He laughed at his own poor jest, and I made a sort of hyena chorus to it, that sounded strange and hysterical, even in my own ears. He went at last, but stopped again on the stairs, and detained me there talking for full five minutes longer. I felt by sympathy all the pangs of suffocation My throat seemed swollen my iorenead bursting. Great God I will he never be gone ? Will he stand here gossiping about the weather and the generalities of the law, while his lovely wife, who came to sacrifice her individual interests for bis sake, dies a terrible and lingering death. I rushed to my back room. A step behind me makes me turn round. It is my clerk- curses on him. I ground my teeth in unavailing rage. I oould have stabbed him shot him beat out nis Drains nuriea him headlong down stairs. But my violence would have compromised het. In a few moments my brain was clear again. ' Watson," I cried, " Mr. hasjust left. He has gone up Fleet Street, I think; run after him, and request him to leave those papers with me. Say 10 him I would like to examine them more at my leisure. Run, run quickly, and you'll overtake him!" : Watson disappeared. I turned the key of the outer door, and sprang towards the closet. As I unlocked it, I remembered the look she gave me as I shut it ; I wondered with a bi-ating heart whether the same expression would meet my enraptured gaze when I opened it. There she stood, witn ner eyes cmmiy nxea ou mine. " You are safe, dearest I" I murmured She did not rebuke me for calling her so; and emboldened by her silence, I took her hand to lead her from the narrow prison. She moved forward and fell into my arms a corpse. I cannot Well recall what followed only know that every means was tried for her restoration to lite ; but alas I without success. Ut one thing i was nrmly con vinced, she had not died from suffocation had once seen the body of a man who had died from suffocation. I recollected bis swollen and purple face, and his lax warm limbs. Shi was pale, rigid, told. The tumult of her own emotions must have killed her the moment the door was closed upon her. By some means I kept my secret from the knowledge of Watson and every one else. All that night 1 Was Then I formed the trying to recover her, project of shutting her up in the closet- 'body id the house should not be discovered ' before that time. Next I thought of setting fire to the place, burning all my books and papers, making a funeral pile of them, and thus ruining myself to preserve the secret. But that thought, too, was dismissed. It might cause loss of life and property to . ! MAnhU L - might cause loss of life and property to many innocent people, and would be a bungling proceeding after all, and if this fire was discovered early, policemen, fire- . L - It IJ LJiAl. .-J C.J'.. men, mob, all would break in, and finding her body there, all would be lost for it was more td sate her reputation than my life, that I was striving and plotting. In the meantime 1 was a prey to the most fearful anxiety. I was sure she must have been missed and sought for. Perhaps she had been seen to enter ray chambers. Every step that I heard, I feared might be mat oi a policeman, in we morning a stranger called on business. This, of course, was nothing unusual ; but wheu he was gone, I felt that be was a detective officer, and bad come as a spy. I thrust a few clothes into a carpet bag, intending to es- 'cape to trance, i caugbt up a box of .... . - my misery. But then all these would leave her to the jests of the world, and my own sufferings were nothing in comparison. At this distance of time, I can look back impartially and cooly upon that dreadful day ; and I can solemnly declare, that I would rather have been hanzed for murder ing her than to have allowed a breath to a illy her fair name. I have imt laid down the raior. when a hurried step crosred the ante-room, It waa ber nusoana s. now, 1 thought, all is lost, she was seen to enter here, and he has eome to claim her. . ' iiy dear' ," he began, in a nervous, unsettled way, " you remember the business that I came about yesterday?" Perfectly." . . " And do you remember the words 1 used as I was going t I mean in answer to what you said about my Dot being aqle tq tqueh this m,qney until after as d ah, of my wuo." ' - .-- . ' yes; J rean)Qr (htm distinctly . " My wife has disappeared sinoe vester day morning," he continued, turning more pale than before ; " and if anything serious should have happened, you know, and should you repeat those expressions, tbey might be laid hold of, and I don't know what might be the consequence. I might be suspected of having murdered her." Poor fellow I If I had not known the truth I should have suspected it myself, from his excessive terror and anxiety, He wiped the perspiration from his fare, and sank into a ohair. The sight of a person frightened more than myself, reassured me. I was calmer than I was since the preceding morning. , " Where did she go f How was she dressed?',' I inquired, anxious to know all I could on the subjeot. " I don't know. She told me she was going out shopping and visiting ; but no one paw ber leave the house, and none of the servants knew exactly how ahe was dressed. When I went home -to dinner, the first thibg I heard was that she had not returned. " What have vou done T Have vou sent to the police and to the hospitals ?" " Xes, and to every friend and trades man where she was at all likely to call." " ion may depend upon it," I replied very impressively, " that I will not repeat what you said yesterday. You are right in supposing that it might tell against you very much if she should be found dead under suspicious circumstances." He talked a little longer, and then went to renew the search for his wife. How I preserved my self possession during this interview, I do not know ; so far from being really calm, I could have gnawed the flesh off my bones in my agony. That night when the doors were fastened and I was alone except from the company of the dead I shut myself up in the closet for two hours, to ascertain whether she died for want of air ; for I distrusted my own knowledge of the appearance of suffocated persons. The place was well supplied with air from several crevices. My first idea was correct she had died from some other cause. When I emerged from the closet, I found that the night was intensely dark. It rained in torrents, and the thunder and wind roared a terrific chorus, passed by the sullen booming of the river, then at high tide and already swelled by the rain. I sat there in the dark upon the floor, holding tne cold, sua band ot death within my own. I thought dreamingly how often it had welcomed me with its soft pressure, while the sweet eyes beamed brightly into mine, and the full, pouting lips had wreathed into dimples of delight. Now that hand that used to be so plump, so full of warmth and life, was cold I Those eyes were glased and ghastly 1 Those lips were clamy and bard I Tears came to my re lief. 1 wept as grown men seldom weep, and with that heart-easing gush came a new idea for her and me. I was to believe at that moment, that her spirit rested upon mine, and inspired the thought for it burst upon me suddenly, with a conviction that if executed at the instant it would bo crowned with success. How could I otherwise have the temerity to snatch her up in my arms, carry her down stairs, at the risk of being encountered by some of the other inhabitants of the house ; bear her through the oourts, and by a way I knew into the garden ? , The river was running strong and deep against the wall. I p res fed one kiss upon ner coia toreneaa, and threw her into the stream. Gladly, would I have went with her, and held her in my heart till death ; but the impulse was still on me, and the beating rain effaced my foot prints. A few davs after I saw br the tinners that her body had been found far down the river. The medical evidence after a post mortem examination, was that she died from rupture of the heart, and that her death took place before the immersion in the water. Sj they conjectured that she had been standing by the river, when the fatal attack seized her, and she had fallen in un-perceived ) and they returned a verdict of accidental death, and buried her in a pretty country churchyard near where tbey lound ner. Two years later her husband married again. He Is stout and ruddy, and laughs as heartily as ever. I shall die a bachelor. I am lean and pale, and bowed down and gray-haired, and the sound of my laugh is strange to me. I the July number of Harper's Maoaxtm we find the following line, pertinent to the point, written by Byron, on the occasion of his parting with Madame Ouiccioli, at the period of his embarkation for Greece, They have never before been p iblished ; why, is a wonder, for they are most exquisitely beautiful : " I heard thy fate without a tear, 1 by loss withjut a sign ; And yet thou wert surpassing dear, Too loved of all, to die. . I know not what hath seared mine eye j The tear refuse to start j But every drop its Udi deny, Falls dreary on my heart ! Yes deep and heavy, one by one, They sink, and turn to cue ; As eaverned waters wear the stone Yet dropping, harden there : Tbey cannot pertrify more fast, Thau feelings sunk remain, Which, coldly fixed, regard the Past, But never melt again I a r ToucRitco DtuoAor.-There are many nttie occurrences wmon suggested to me with great consolation, how natural it is to gentle hearts to be considerate and delicate towards any inferiority. One of these particularly touched me. I happened to stroll into a little ch uroh whea a marriage was just concluded, and the young couple had to aign the register. The bride groom, to whom the pen was first handed, made a rude eross for his mark J the bride who cam next did the same. , , , . Now, I had known the girl' whea I was last there, not only as tha prettiest girl in the plica, but as baring distinguished herself id sohool, end I oould not help looking at her with tome surprise-. 8oe came aida and wbispsred to me, while tears' of honest love and admiration stood ia ber bright ayes. "IJe's a dear good fellow,' hut 04 HPt wriUi yet : he Is going to learn of me, and I wouldn't afcsmo bio) lbs the world." 0fUtt inisfdlanu. Worms as Food. The common rain worm is carefully gathered in China, and raw or roasted, considered most palatable food. Still, it is the poor mainly that appreciate, by the tide of pleasant taste, the cheapness of such pro visions. But what shall we say to the gourmet who praises the lusoious wood snipe, aud still more the black mass from the inside, that he carefully daces on his toast and eats with a feeling akin to vener ation T He is eating the worms that live in the snipe's lutesliner I VI equal value is the famous palm-worm of the West Indies, which, roasted on tiny spits and rich ly spiced, forms one of the best dishes of luxurious dinners. Its near relation, the grugru worm of Java, is said to be richer still and more delioate. . fior do costly sjlx-worms escape the fate of all that is eata ble ; freed from their cocoons, and daintly dressed, they are highly honored and largely swallowed by the noblemen of Madagascar. The Chinese, with their in- oredible power of overcoming all natural instinota, go here also farthest ; tbey raise the larvae of blue-bottle flies in heaps of putrid hsh near tne seacoast, and value the produce more highly than the facility of obtaining it would lead us to believe. They place themselves thus with all their boasted central superiority, on a level with the poor Indians of the Orinoco, whom the traveler Schomburgk saw eagerly dig in the ground for grubs and worms. It is true they ate them raw, while the children of the Flowery Kingdom dress their worms with spices and sauces. Centipedes eighteen inches long, were eagerly devoured by the Indian companions of the great Humboldt, and leeches adorn the tables of the very princes of Japan. Turning to worms and their kin in the great ocean, we find that the higher orders of oysters and other shell fish are eaten by nearly all nations. But leaving the more familiar kinds aside, it would seem that scarcely a single inhabitant of the sea, from the mere shadow of a jelly to the roughest and toughest of shell-fish, is spared by the insatiable hunger of man. The shapeless sea-nettles, that hang without the shell on the sides of submarine rocks or float about at the mercy of waves, were a favorite dish as early as the times of Aristottle, who praises their hard, firm flesh in the wintery season, while more fastidious Apicious recommends them as best in September. Now they are mainly eaten in Italy and the south of France, where they divide the attention of seafaring men with the countless medusJe that sail in crowds through the ocean. Roasted in oil, after Hour bas been strewn over them, they are as palatable as they are nutritious. The tough and indigestible sepia, which in Venice the poor only ven ture to cook, is a favorite dish of the Greeks, especially during their fasts. They cut them lengthwise, and cook tbem id saltpeter, which ' gives their meat a bright red color, or they dry them and eat them at leisure, cooked with herbs and dressed with lemon juice, oil and pepper. The smallest varieties, which are rarer, are said to be better and more delicate.Sea-urchins crowd in vast numbers all around the shores of Europe, Africa and the East Indies ; they feed upon crabs and sea nettles, and are, in turn, eaten by millions. Their saffron yellow bodies may be seen in every market from the Ganges to the Loire, and from Benares to Marseilles. They furnish ah ample proportion of the daily bread of the lower classes. But in all that pertains to a due appreciation of sea-worms if that term is admissible the Chinese must bo again acknowledged as feast-masters. They ascribe to mol- lusks peculiar virtues, and pay most ex travagant sums for their favorite kinds. Among these the trepang holds probably the first rank and ugly, shapeless, fear luiiy-smeinng boiotnnna ot Indian seas. Thousands of Malay, English, and American vessels are anually busy in those waters to catch the disgusting, worm shaped animal. Its principle homes are the coral-banks of the South Sea and Australian waters ; but Chinese fishermen go as far as New Guinea, and American ships to the Caroline Islands, in pursuit of this favorite of the Chinese taste. The greatest market for the trepang is Mascassar, where not less than thirty-sit varieties are exposed for sale, the choicest of which bring incredible prices. The worm is caught either by long pointed sticks, that are thrust down at random, or is brought up from the deep by skilful and well paid divers. In Sumatra, they are thrown alive on heaps of coral lime, which induces them to disgorge their whole contents ; at other places they are cooked for two whole davs. when they begin to resemble calfs-foot jelly, and, by the aid of powerful spices, become fit for the table. Not much more attractive to the stranger is the favorite dish of roany a European nation roasted or pickled snails. The slimy, slippery form of these animals makes them to most persons peculiarly repulsive, but their extraordinary nutritive power and excellent taste has long sinoe served to defeat all prejudice. While the Ashan-tees, and other nations of lowest grade, smoke them and eat them as daily food all the year round, the higher races enploy them only as relish or for special occasions. The Romans already valued the coohlearia, and fattened them with bran and wins until they reached truly gigantic dimensions. In our day, also, they are prescribed as eminently useful to sufferers in consumption, and all Southern Europe affects tbem during the times of annual fasting. In Switi- erfand and Italy the traveler finds largb establishments, where they art carefully raised, and either disposed of at home, or potted and sent by millions to foreign conn-trier. The red snail makes a capital broth for weak parsons i the pnmaiia may b e J ii Vr . .... luunu in an oouoinea. . ia Venice ail snails are eaten, at least by tha poor ; in Franca the Wgnof H euiamU is consumed in in- oredible numbers. - jf" Aa, impertinent fcllow' wants' to know if yoo ever sat down to tea when there was skint milk an the table, without ht leg aslrtd, - Pt yon takt erssm ?".(.' Lou of life ia Great Battles. Tha waste of human life in the unsuccessful attack an the Malakoff and Radaa appears to have been nearly as great though not quite aa In tht average or tht most destructive modern battles. More than five thousand of the assailants were killed and wounded, a vast proportion, when wt consider how small comparatively the storming column was. The French alone admit a loss of tbirtv-eiirht hundred men out of an attacking force of twenty-five thousand ; that it to say, every seventh man was rendered incapable, either by death or wounds. There is, indeed, one modern siege which was more bloody than this not actually, however, but when the numbers engaged are compared with those who fell. ' We allude to the second teige of Badajos, In the Peninsular war. That famous 8panish fortress was invested br Wellington, at the neaa ot twenty-two thousand men, and n nally carried by storm after one of the most sanguinary assaults on record. In the at tack on the great breach alone hot less than thirty-eight hundred men fell. Yet Bad a' joi was a small place, the fort not being larger, perhaps, than the JUalakoff and its out-works. Whoever would realize half the horrors of war, should read Napier's account of the fall of Badnjot. Marengo, Austerlitz, Wngram, Liepsio, Dresden, Borodino, and Waterloo were among the most desperately contested battles of the first Napoleon. At Marengo the Austrians lost ten thousand, more than a third of their whole force. A considerable portion of these were prisoners, however, while at the Redan and Maiakoff but few prisoners were taken. At Austerliti the French lort twelve thousand, or nearly a sixth of their entire force ; but the allies lost thirty thousand, or more than a third. AtWagram the loss on either side was twenty-five thousand, or about one-seventh of those engaged. At Liepsic the loss was forty-three thousand on the side of the allies, out of nearly three hundred thousand on the held, and sixty thousand on the part of the French, out of one hundred and seventy-five thousand. At Dresden, the allies lost twenty. five thousand, or one-sixth of their entire number, while the French lost but twelve thousand, or ode- tenth. At Borodino, the bloodiest battle of all, fifty thousand fell on each side, or a third of those engaged. At Waterloo the French lost forty thousand, or more than half; but a large proportion of thesd fell in the rout ; yet the English lost nearly twenty thousand, or almost a third of their entire troops. It is often said, in discussing military af fairs, that our American battles have been too trifling to take into consideration. But if we consider, not the numbers actually Kiuea and wounded, but the proportion which those numbers bear to the whole force engaged, we shall find that those notions, thus adorned, were as tightly contested as the first Napoleon's battles. , At Eutaw Springs, for example, in the Revolutionary war, one-third of both armies were left unon the field. At Chinnewa. in the war of 1812, nearly one-fifth of the British were disabled. At Lundy't Lane the loss of the Americans was one-third, and that of the British equally great. At New-Orleans, were the British attempted, on a smaller scale, tne same rash expen ment which they have just been defeated in oeiore tne Jtiedan and Malakoff. the as saiknts lost two thousand out of their army oi iweive wousana. From these statistics it appears that battles in tbe open held are generally more bloody, tnougn not always, than assaults ef in trenohed positions. The reason is that in the former case the entire army is usually engaged, but in the latter case only the storming column. Tbe loss of those actu ally occupied in the attack is always hear ier, however, than the average loss of an army m the open held, it would seem, also, that the allies in their late repulse suQered as severely as the English at Aew Orleans a defeat which has always been considered one of the most sanguinary on record. Mainmort sun. Earth and Hbavbij, children," said I. ' You have two " 1 have four," was the reply, 'Two on earth, two in heaven." There spoke the mother I Still her's 1 only " gone before 1" Still remembered, loved and cherished, by the heart and at the board ; their places not yet filled ; even though their successors draw life from the same faithful breast where tieir dying heads were pillowed. "Two in heaven I" Safety housed from storm and tempest ; no sickness there ; nor drooping head ; nor lading eye, nor weary feet, ssy tbe green Eastures ; tended by the Good Shepherd, ngfcr the little lambs of the heavenly fold. "Two in heaven l" Earth is less attractive ! Eternity nearer 1 Invisible cords drawing the maternal soul upwards. " Still small" voices, ever whispering eomt'J to the world-weary spirit. " i wo in neaven r Mother of angels I Walk softly I holy eyes watch thy footsteps) cherub forms bend to listen I Keep thy spirit free from earth's taint, so shall thou " go to them," tnougn " tner may not return to thee' Worth Pbiskhvuto. Master your pas tions, or they will master you. Waste nothing ; neither money, lime, or talent. Let everything' have its place, and every' business its time. Omit no duty, commit no nnkindnesa. Obey promptly that yon may learn to command. Keep the body' perfeody pore', aa an indication of purity of the mind within. ' Rewire to perfofnl what yon ought; perform what you resolve. .; Eat not to dullness ; drink not to- elevation. , Speak the truth, or be silent-'. Bs courteous; be charitable-in honor preferring one to another. , v , , .If you can sy nothing good of one, ssy nothing at all. ' Without Kppliealiott the first talentt are Worthies-fend with application tby may bt valuable. . , spitting-. ', , . ; '. , Will tht time ever come when (he spittoon, that disgusting reminder that people , spit, will he ramoved from our parlors, , steamers and ears f Those who chew to ' bacoo should M a delicacy in having this one of the lower vices made apparent by . the use of la case de tabac, as few others rarely avail themselves of this covenience, . Tht habit of spitting it probably one rea--ton why tha Americans are so meager in person. They spit themselves to death, and then talk wondcriogly about our cli mate swell tha numbers of those wbo die of consumption, aod look like scare crows ' during the period of their natural life. ' Women ana girls rarely sniwfon an instinctive tense of its indelicacy : but men 1 look solemn, talk grave and spit. Ther finish a sentence in conversation by a spit, 4 just as we close a paragraph ia our editorial p with1 a period. ., .. . ': Boys' as toon Wtbey are Installed into --a broad collar, spit. They practice in or-der to do this well shooting forward tbe body, and the under lip, till they become masters of the art, and able to hit a spittoon at the greatest possible distance. ' ' If spitting must be done, the pocket-.' handkerchief is the only legitimate medi- . um, and this can be used in a manner at 1 little obvious to the spectator as possible. Those who have this habit inveteratcly established, should carry an extra handkerchief, that the one " wisely kept for show" may be as little objectionable as possible. Seriously, our secretions, if healthful, are never offensive, and never in undue quantities the habit of casting the saliva trom the mouth causes an extra seoretion, which must in its turn be ejected, and thus nature is severely taxed to supply the waste ..the gums shrujk the teeth fail the throat is parched bronchitis, first, and finally consumption, or some other desay of a weak organ, comet in to close the ' scene. An Arab would tun a man through who should presume to spit in his presence. Ibe bird never spits, the toad that squats to the earth, and the serpent secrets' saliva as a deadly poison. If we weep passionately, the saliva is bitter it is pungent and scanty in the action of the baser emotions, while love renders it sweet and abundant. The saliva is associated with our whole animal economy, and follows closely upon tbe action of our minds, sympathetically, intimately with all its moods. - bensitiveness inclines us to swallow down our saliva, while disgust disposes us to spit it out. Tbe scent of roses moistens the lips more than the tongue ; lemons eause the mouth to be filled with saliva. The sight of one who is hateful to us dries the mouth, while on the contrary one who is agreeable moistens it. llence, those who weep much have dry lips, while those who suffer without tears, have not only dry lips, ' but an acrid mouth. Here is a beautiful ' philosophy in all this, and those who waste the secretions by spitting, lose not only the action of these glands, but unquestionably weauen tne une sensiDiuties associated with-tbem. Show us a man who spits, and voir show us a man- of uncertain characteristics, and one whose sensibilities are not to be ' ' trusted. Do away with spittoons, and na ture will do her work more genially for man ; she will beautify him ; whereas now ' she is now continually patching him up. , Mrt. E. Oakes Smith. All about Rats. We notice the systematic attack made by the rats in New-Haven on some children ; each singling out his victim and jumping with a simultaneous squeal, upod tbe little . girls playing in the yard. A little boy of . two years was caught by the knee, and held until the child's grandfather went td bis assistance, and then, as the rat scorned to run, it bad to be killed. Attempts had been made to poison these rats, with partial success, and it may have been in retal-. iation for their poisonous attempts, that this concerted charge was made. The rat is one of the most interesting animals on the globe. In Europe he make historical eras different hordes of invaders brought their peculiar rat in their train. Europe has seen the rat of the Goths, the , Vandals, and the Huns. Europe has its' Norman rat and Tartar, and a great rat of the Parisian sewer of recent date and Mus- . eovite origin. , ( The brown rat, otherwise known as the Norman rat, hat established iself all over-the world, by the commerce of civilised ' times it has had possession of France for the last six or seven centuries ; but within ' the last it has found its master in the Mus-, oovite and Tartar rat, called in Paris the rat of Montfaueon. These hew rats, previous-1 ly unknown to Europe descended from the , heights of the great central plateau of Asia, from which the Hun and Mongol horsemen descended, who spread right and left and took possession of Rome on the one hand and Pekin on the other. The establishment of the Muscovite rat in France, commenced with tbe extirpation of the brown or Norman rat that rat baa almost disappeared and is found only in the-cabinets of the enriom collectors while . the Muscovite1 rat ir daily increasing in size, ferocity" and courage. The Russian rat devours the dog, the cat, and attack t ;' tbe child asleep. Tbe corpse of a man it a dainty for this beast, and it always com- . me'nces by eating out the eyes. Its tooth : is the most venomous ; and the author from whom we derive most of thit article, states that he has known of ten cases of ampu-' tation of the leg, necessitated by the1 bite of this rat," ' .. " ' " -; The cat' turns tail upon this rat m its ' most ferocious state. A good rat terrier is ' the best destroyer, but fortunately rats are ' fstophogus, eat one another, fight duels,' indulge in broils and intestine feuds, and ' grand obstructive' battles; Were it olbei-wise", they would pake this world ad on '' pleasant place for a man to live in. We ' thbuld have ti fight our way, and not un-' frequently, like the Archbwhop of May' encs, should b dragged from cur beds at ' midnight by aa army of rats and devoured on the spot. ' 1 The rat is the ernUeri of mlry, mur der And raprae etnnibal and ri V r ' devoM to the p)im;pl of r : ! t, "-Hon.. V.'ill it ever difp'rT . , ;

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The red light shone through the open doof, ' From the round, declining sun And fantastic shadows, all about On the dusty floor were thrown, ' A the factory clock tol'd the hour of fire, And the school waa almost done. The mingled hum of the busy town, Rose faint from her lower plain ; And we saw the steeple orer the trees, With its motionless, golden vane ( And heard the cattle's musical low, And the rustle of standing grain. In the open casement s lingering bee Murmured a drowsy tune ; And, from the upland meadows, a song In the lulls of the afternoon Bad come, on the air that wandered by, Laden with the scents of June. Our tasks were finished, and lessons said ; And we sat all hushed and still, Listening to catch the purl of the brook, An;! the whir of the distant mill ; And watting the word of dismissal, that yet Waited the master's will. The master was old and his form was bent, And scattered and white his hair : But bis heart was young, and there ever dwel't A calm and kindly air. Like the halo over a pictured saint. On his face marked deep with care. His eyes wee elosed and his wrinkled hands Were folded over his vest Aa wearily back in his oaken chair, He reclined as if to rest ; And the gulden streaming sunlight fell . On his orow, and down his breast. We waited in reverent silence long, And silence the master kept ; Though still the accustomed saintly smile Over his features crept : And we thought, that worn with the lengthened - toil ' Of the summer's day, he slept. So we quietly rose, and left our seats,' And outward into the sun, . From the gathering shades of the dusty room, Siole -ileiitly, one by one ; For we knew by the distant striking clock, It was time the school, was doue. . .. And left the master, sleeping alone, ' Al.in In his hiih bacLed chair : Withhis eyelids closed and his withered palms Folded, as it in prayer ; And the mingled light and smile on his face ; And we knew not dbath was there. Nor knew, that just as the clock struck five, . His kindly soul away, A shadowy messenger silently bore . From its trembling house of clay, To be a child with the Saints in HeaVen, And to dwell with Caaisf , alway I Earthly Hopef. Sack it hope! at changeful and u fair! Contains!. . .. Hope, thou flatterer I came not near me, I have learned too well thy power ; Smile not on me. I am weary Gating on each faded flower. Hopes are false I I dare not trust thee They are fleeting, they are vain-Glittering bubbles, now I burst ye, Though it rend the heart with paid. ' Those who wonder after pleasure Feel thy kiss upon their brow, And their hearts dance to the measure Of thy music, soil and low ; But there comes a wail of sadness, - Hippling like an echo on, . in the track of hopeful gladness, . , Hopelight wasted, faded, yoiu.' ' Thon hast sruilod up in all fades', Avery heart a welcome given ) And thy magic pencil traces , Scenes aa lair as those of heaven. All have hoped a bright to morrow, Alt hare known a dark to-day, And have turned from joy to sorrow. As thy brightness fled away. "Whisper not I tiere is no mortal . , But has clasped thy waiting hand, ' 7 Thou hast led all to the portal Of some glowing "promised land." Singing like a woodland song-bird, i' Wooing all my heart astray. ,ii Teaming, I, alas I too long heard, . ". Thy false music-siren lay. , Noil1 1 turn to life's endeavor, r . Turn from hopes of earthly joys, " And I trust a hope that never Feels the blight of Time's alloy. . Earthly hopes, ion not trust ye Te are fleeting, ye are vain I Glittering bubbles, now I burst ye, Though itrend theheatt with paro I ' light of th Aged. ! AA old man' sat In the1 sunset, gold, By the doer of the cottage low ; : Bis soft white hair, his reverend air, .. j His holy smile, all told ' His Work was finished below'. . , Children played at the old man's feet, .' .Threa gentle blue eyed trirla : Their mother had played in theiotta'gVsuadrf, inuvaiepa ngnc ana neet, , And waving golden curia. His heart was warm to that little band. Bright in the setting; sin, And he said, "Oh Lord 1 1 trust thy word, , I see the promised land. And I knew that my work is done. ' " I thank thee for the pleasant ways ' , In which my feet have trod; - ., , I bless for all, both great and small, . 1-' But most for these I praise ' Thy goodness, oh 1 my Ood t" ' ' ' "Then a trtstron Stepped from the cottage1 door, A Matron fair to tee r t- Her hantfihe laid on the aid man's head 1 , " Father, I thank God o'er and o'er, But bless him most for the I" 3fOut imp woke up the other morning and was astonished to see a bed-bug sitting on tha back of a chair, pulling pins from his' cost, sfid innocently picking his tsstb. 0torii-Ucr0 ffering. THE FATAL C0SCE1LMEST. Bt aS KNOM8H BARRISTER. Some years after I commenced practice but the preeise date I shall, for obvious reasons, 'avoid mentioning I had a friend at whose bouse I was a pretty constant visitor, lie bad a wire who was the mag. net that drew me there. She was beautl ul, but I shall not attempt to describe her, She was more than beautiful she was fas- oinattnir. she was oanti vntitii?. Her Dres cnoe was to me like the intoxication of opi urn. 1 was only happy uuder its influence ; ana yet, arter Indulgence in the total pleasure, I sank into the deepest despondency In my own justification, I must say that I never In word or look, betrayed my feel ings, though I bad some reason to suspect! mat mey were reciprocated ; lor, while in my company, she was always gay, brilliant and witty ; yet, as 1 learned trom oihers, at times she was o'ten sad and melancholy. Powerful, most powerful was the tempta tion to make an unreserved disclosure of my heart, but I resisted it. That I had the firmness so to do, has been for years my only consolation. Une morning 1 sat alone in mv chamber. Mv clerk was absent. A gentle knock was just audible at the outer door. I shouted " come in I in no very amiable humor, for I was induging in a delicious reverie upon the subject of the lady of my heart, and the presence of an ordinary mortal was hateful. The door opened, and Mrs. entered. I do not know exactly what I did, but it seemed to be a long time before I had the power to rise and welcome her, while Bhe stood there with a timid blush upon her lips, which made me feel that it would be too great a happiness to die for her. " I don't wonder that you are surprised too see me here," she began, with a provoking little laugh ; " but is your antomsh-ment too great to allow you to say, how do you do ?" 1 he spell was broken. I started up and took her hand ; and I fear I presed it more warmly and held it longer than was absolutely necessary. " Perhaps your surprise will be mcreas ed," she continued, " when I inform you that I have come on business." I muttered something about not being so ambitious as to hope that she would visit me from any other motive, one took no notice of what I said, but I perceived that her face turned deadly pale, and that ber hand trembled as she placed before me a bundle ot papers. " You will see by these, she said in a low hurried voice, " that some property was left to me by mv uncle, and by my grandfather, but so strioilr settled that even I can touch no hing but the interest. Now, my husband is in want of a large sum of money at this moment, and l wish you to examine the affair well, and see whether by any twisting of the law I can place any part of my capital at his disposal. Unintentionally I have done him a great wrong," she added in a tone so low that no ears less jealously alive tb in mine could have their meaning ; " and poor as this reparation is, it is all 1 can make, and I must do it if possible." I pretended to study the papers before me, but the lights danced and mingled ; and if by great effort, I forced my eyes to distinguish a word, it conveyed not the slightest meaning to my whirling brain. livery drop of blood in my body seemed imbued with a separate e msciousness, and to be tingling and rushing to the side next to her, whose presence within a short distance of me was the only thing of which I had a distinct perception. I hung my head to hide from her the emo ion of which I was thoroutlily ashamed. It may well be believed that I was in no condition to give a professional opinion ; but got over the difficulty by telling her I must have time to study the case, and. locking up the chambers, an l going abroad promising to let her know the result. for twenty years. But the ide was reject- "You are a tiresome creature," she said ed as soon as formed; for it would be hard-with a little coquettish air. " I really ex- ly possible that the presence of a dead pected that for onoe in your life, and for a friend, too. vou mitrht have got rid of the law's delays, and give me your opinion in , half' an hour ; so far, at least, as to tell me whether there is any probability of mv be- ing able to do as I desire. But I see vou are like the rest of the lawyers time! time! ! I T Ml f I . , . 'I the rest of the lawyers time! time!: I suppose you will keep about it tilt end ; and then it will all go to my I d by due course of law." ' i i time i 1 1 I am dead husband "It mav not reauire more than half an1 hour to ascertain so muoh, when I can di-1 rect my thoughts to it for that apace of; time," I replied; and I know that the words rattled like shot out of my mouth. " But would you be so unreasonable as to require an artist to draw a straight line when he was under a fit of delirium tremens."" You are an incomprehensible person," she replied rather coldly ; " so I shall leave you to your legal and lawful studies. But if you are going to have an attack of the delirium tremens, perhaps I bad better send in the doctor shall IV "Well, I don't anticipate an attack this it v . f f.i t j. a short time since, and my mind has not quite recovered its equilibrium." , We talked a few minutes longer she quizzing me in her light, playful manner' and I delighted to be so teased, standing stupid ana dumb, scarely able to say a word, though very anxious to prolong the1 delightful moments by keeping up the war of badinagt.. At length she went to the door, aud I was about to escort ber down ! stairs, when we heard some one Speaking be! " Good God I" she exclaimed, ollncring wildly to my arm 5 " that is my husband's voio-; if he finds me here I am ruined,' " Duo'tbe alarmed," I replied, endear onng to re assure her j you Came here on outness, wo i ue oould only lore you the more for it." ' . You don't know about this so we! as I do, she said, shudderinc convulsively g convulsively.' ;ly of you aod. i isieaious exceedint? v of voi oh i I fear not without soma oause. jns tomewhere, for mercy 'i hM." ittue I oiurmag, i. answered, wun a lorceui matches to set tne place on nre. 1 grasp-laugh ; " so I will not give you the trouble. ed a raior, and looked eagerly at its edge The fact is, I have been violently agitated, as the surest and swiftest way of ending I do not know how it happened, but my arm was round her, and I half carried ber across the room to a large book closet, " No, shut it lock it take away the key, or I shall not feel safe. There is plenty of air ;" aud she sprang into the recess. For one moment her eyes met mine, and I thought they beamed with deep impassioned love. The next, I had locked the door upon my treasure, thrown th'i papers she had brought into a drawer, and was apparently busy with my pen when my fntni entered. Hj commeuced in a round-about way to question me upon oer-tain points of the law respecting marriage settlements, dca.; and after a tedious amount of circumlocution, he g-ive me to understand that all this regards a desired transfer of some property of his wife's in'.o his own bands. Ho bad come upon the same errand as that generous creature. He also had a copy of the relatives' wills, and these I was compelled to examine closely, for he was desperately pertinacious, and Would not be put off. I was angry at the thought of what his poor wife must be suffering, pent up in that narrow prison. I felt that I could have kicked her husband out of doors for keeping ber there. At last he made amove as if to go. I started up and stood ready to bow bun out. " So," said he, tying up his papers with provoking deliberation, " nothing but my wife's death, you say, can put me in pos session of this money. I want it very much, but nobody will suspect me of desiring her death for the sake or Having it a little sooner." He laughed at his own poor jest, and I made a sort of hyena chorus to it, that sounded strange and hysterical, even in my own ears. He went at last, but stopped again on the stairs, and detained me there talking for full five minutes longer. I felt by sympathy all the pangs of suffocation My throat seemed swollen my iorenead bursting. Great God I will he never be gone ? Will he stand here gossiping about the weather and the generalities of the law, while his lovely wife, who came to sacrifice her individual interests for bis sake, dies a terrible and lingering death. I rushed to my back room. A step behind me makes me turn round. It is my clerk- curses on him. I ground my teeth in unavailing rage. I oould have stabbed him shot him beat out nis Drains nuriea him headlong down stairs. But my violence would have compromised het. In a few moments my brain was clear again. ' Watson," I cried, " Mr. hasjust left. He has gone up Fleet Street, I think; run after him, and request him to leave those papers with me. Say 10 him I would like to examine them more at my leisure. Run, run quickly, and you'll overtake him!" : Watson disappeared. I turned the key of the outer door, and sprang towards the closet. As I unlocked it, I remembered the look she gave me as I shut it ; I wondered with a bi-ating heart whether the same expression would meet my enraptured gaze when I opened it. There she stood, witn ner eyes cmmiy nxea ou mine. " You are safe, dearest I" I murmured She did not rebuke me for calling her so; and emboldened by her silence, I took her hand to lead her from the narrow prison. She moved forward and fell into my arms a corpse. I cannot Well recall what followed only know that every means was tried for her restoration to lite ; but alas I without success. Ut one thing i was nrmly con vinced, she had not died from suffocation had once seen the body of a man who had died from suffocation. I recollected bis swollen and purple face, and his lax warm limbs. Shi was pale, rigid, told. The tumult of her own emotions must have killed her the moment the door was closed upon her. By some means I kept my secret from the knowledge of Watson and every one else. All that night 1 Was Then I formed the trying to recover her, project of shutting her up in the closet- 'body id the house should not be discovered ' before that time. Next I thought of setting fire to the place, burning all my books and papers, making a funeral pile of them, and thus ruining myself to preserve the secret. But that thought, too, was dismissed. It might cause loss of life and property to . ! MAnhU L - might cause loss of life and property to many innocent people, and would be a bungling proceeding after all, and if this fire was discovered early, policemen, fire- . L - It IJ LJiAl. .-J C.J'.. men, mob, all would break in, and finding her body there, all would be lost for it was more td sate her reputation than my life, that I was striving and plotting. In the meantime 1 was a prey to the most fearful anxiety. I was sure she must have been missed and sought for. Perhaps she had been seen to enter ray chambers. Every step that I heard, I feared might be mat oi a policeman, in we morning a stranger called on business. This, of course, was nothing unusual ; but wheu he was gone, I felt that be was a detective officer, and bad come as a spy. I thrust a few clothes into a carpet bag, intending to es- 'cape to trance, i caugbt up a box of .... . - my misery. But then all these would leave her to the jests of the world, and my own sufferings were nothing in comparison. At this distance of time, I can look back impartially and cooly upon that dreadful day ; and I can solemnly declare, that I would rather have been hanzed for murder ing her than to have allowed a breath to a illy her fair name. I have imt laid down the raior. when a hurried step crosred the ante-room, It waa ber nusoana s. now, 1 thought, all is lost, she was seen to enter here, and he has eome to claim her. . ' iiy dear' ," he began, in a nervous, unsettled way, " you remember the business that I came about yesterday?" Perfectly." . . " And do you remember the words 1 used as I was going t I mean in answer to what you said about my Dot being aqle tq tqueh this m,qney until after as d ah, of my wuo." ' - .-- . ' yes; J rean)Qr (htm distinctly . " My wife has disappeared sinoe vester day morning," he continued, turning more pale than before ; " and if anything serious should have happened, you know, and should you repeat those expressions, tbey might be laid hold of, and I don't know what might be the consequence. I might be suspected of having murdered her." Poor fellow I If I had not known the truth I should have suspected it myself, from his excessive terror and anxiety, He wiped the perspiration from his fare, and sank into a ohair. The sight of a person frightened more than myself, reassured me. I was calmer than I was since the preceding morning. , " Where did she go f How was she dressed?',' I inquired, anxious to know all I could on the subjeot. " I don't know. She told me she was going out shopping and visiting ; but no one paw ber leave the house, and none of the servants knew exactly how ahe was dressed. When I went home -to dinner, the first thibg I heard was that she had not returned. " What have vou done T Have vou sent to the police and to the hospitals ?" " Xes, and to every friend and trades man where she was at all likely to call." " ion may depend upon it," I replied very impressively, " that I will not repeat what you said yesterday. You are right in supposing that it might tell against you very much if she should be found dead under suspicious circumstances." He talked a little longer, and then went to renew the search for his wife. How I preserved my self possession during this interview, I do not know ; so far from being really calm, I could have gnawed the flesh off my bones in my agony. That night when the doors were fastened and I was alone except from the company of the dead I shut myself up in the closet for two hours, to ascertain whether she died for want of air ; for I distrusted my own knowledge of the appearance of suffocated persons. The place was well supplied with air from several crevices. My first idea was correct she had died from some other cause. When I emerged from the closet, I found that the night was intensely dark. It rained in torrents, and the thunder and wind roared a terrific chorus, passed by the sullen booming of the river, then at high tide and already swelled by the rain. I sat there in the dark upon the floor, holding tne cold, sua band ot death within my own. I thought dreamingly how often it had welcomed me with its soft pressure, while the sweet eyes beamed brightly into mine, and the full, pouting lips had wreathed into dimples of delight. Now that hand that used to be so plump, so full of warmth and life, was cold I Those eyes were glased and ghastly 1 Those lips were clamy and bard I Tears came to my re lief. 1 wept as grown men seldom weep, and with that heart-easing gush came a new idea for her and me. I was to believe at that moment, that her spirit rested upon mine, and inspired the thought for it burst upon me suddenly, with a conviction that if executed at the instant it would bo crowned with success. How could I otherwise have the temerity to snatch her up in my arms, carry her down stairs, at the risk of being encountered by some of the other inhabitants of the house ; bear her through the oourts, and by a way I knew into the garden ? , The river was running strong and deep against the wall. I p res fed one kiss upon ner coia toreneaa, and threw her into the stream. Gladly, would I have went with her, and held her in my heart till death ; but the impulse was still on me, and the beating rain effaced my foot prints. A few davs after I saw br the tinners that her body had been found far down the river. The medical evidence after a post mortem examination, was that she died from rupture of the heart, and that her death took place before the immersion in the water. Sj they conjectured that she had been standing by the river, when the fatal attack seized her, and she had fallen in un-perceived ) and they returned a verdict of accidental death, and buried her in a pretty country churchyard near where tbey lound ner. Two years later her husband married again. He Is stout and ruddy, and laughs as heartily as ever. I shall die a bachelor. I am lean and pale, and bowed down and gray-haired, and the sound of my laugh is strange to me. I the July number of Harper's Maoaxtm we find the following line, pertinent to the point, written by Byron, on the occasion of his parting with Madame Ouiccioli, at the period of his embarkation for Greece, They have never before been p iblished ; why, is a wonder, for they are most exquisitely beautiful : " I heard thy fate without a tear, 1 by loss withjut a sign ; And yet thou wert surpassing dear, Too loved of all, to die. . I know not what hath seared mine eye j The tear refuse to start j But every drop its Udi deny, Falls dreary on my heart ! Yes deep and heavy, one by one, They sink, and turn to cue ; As eaverned waters wear the stone Yet dropping, harden there : Tbey cannot pertrify more fast, Thau feelings sunk remain, Which, coldly fixed, regard the Past, But never melt again I a r ToucRitco DtuoAor.-There are many nttie occurrences wmon suggested to me with great consolation, how natural it is to gentle hearts to be considerate and delicate towards any inferiority. One of these particularly touched me. I happened to stroll into a little ch uroh whea a marriage was just concluded, and the young couple had to aign the register. The bride groom, to whom the pen was first handed, made a rude eross for his mark J the bride who cam next did the same. , , , . Now, I had known the girl' whea I was last there, not only as tha prettiest girl in the plica, but as baring distinguished herself id sohool, end I oould not help looking at her with tome surprise-. 8oe came aida and wbispsred to me, while tears' of honest love and admiration stood ia ber bright ayes. "IJe's a dear good fellow,' hut 04 HPt wriUi yet : he Is going to learn of me, and I wouldn't afcsmo bio) lbs the world." 0fUtt inisfdlanu. Worms as Food. The common rain worm is carefully gathered in China, and raw or roasted, considered most palatable food. Still, it is the poor mainly that appreciate, by the tide of pleasant taste, the cheapness of such pro visions. But what shall we say to the gourmet who praises the lusoious wood snipe, aud still more the black mass from the inside, that he carefully daces on his toast and eats with a feeling akin to vener ation T He is eating the worms that live in the snipe's lutesliner I VI equal value is the famous palm-worm of the West Indies, which, roasted on tiny spits and rich ly spiced, forms one of the best dishes of luxurious dinners. Its near relation, the grugru worm of Java, is said to be richer still and more delioate. . fior do costly sjlx-worms escape the fate of all that is eata ble ; freed from their cocoons, and daintly dressed, they are highly honored and largely swallowed by the noblemen of Madagascar. The Chinese, with their in- oredible power of overcoming all natural instinota, go here also farthest ; tbey raise the larvae of blue-bottle flies in heaps of putrid hsh near tne seacoast, and value the produce more highly than the facility of obtaining it would lead us to believe. They place themselves thus with all their boasted central superiority, on a level with the poor Indians of the Orinoco, whom the traveler Schomburgk saw eagerly dig in the ground for grubs and worms. It is true they ate them raw, while the children of the Flowery Kingdom dress their worms with spices and sauces. Centipedes eighteen inches long, were eagerly devoured by the Indian companions of the great Humboldt, and leeches adorn the tables of the very princes of Japan. Turning to worms and their kin in the great ocean, we find that the higher orders of oysters and other shell fish are eaten by nearly all nations. But leaving the more familiar kinds aside, it would seem that scarcely a single inhabitant of the sea, from the mere shadow of a jelly to the roughest and toughest of shell-fish, is spared by the insatiable hunger of man. The shapeless sea-nettles, that hang without the shell on the sides of submarine rocks or float about at the mercy of waves, were a favorite dish as early as the times of Aristottle, who praises their hard, firm flesh in the wintery season, while more fastidious Apicious recommends them as best in September. Now they are mainly eaten in Italy and the south of France, where they divide the attention of seafaring men with the countless medusJe that sail in crowds through the ocean. Roasted in oil, after Hour bas been strewn over them, they are as palatable as they are nutritious. The tough and indigestible sepia, which in Venice the poor only ven ture to cook, is a favorite dish of the Greeks, especially during their fasts. They cut them lengthwise, and cook tbem id saltpeter, which ' gives their meat a bright red color, or they dry them and eat them at leisure, cooked with herbs and dressed with lemon juice, oil and pepper. The smallest varieties, which are rarer, are said to be better and more delicate.Sea-urchins crowd in vast numbers all around the shores of Europe, Africa and the East Indies ; they feed upon crabs and sea nettles, and are, in turn, eaten by millions. Their saffron yellow bodies may be seen in every market from the Ganges to the Loire, and from Benares to Marseilles. They furnish ah ample proportion of the daily bread of the lower classes. But in all that pertains to a due appreciation of sea-worms if that term is admissible the Chinese must bo again acknowledged as feast-masters. They ascribe to mol- lusks peculiar virtues, and pay most ex travagant sums for their favorite kinds. Among these the trepang holds probably the first rank and ugly, shapeless, fear luiiy-smeinng boiotnnna ot Indian seas. Thousands of Malay, English, and American vessels are anually busy in those waters to catch the disgusting, worm shaped animal. Its principle homes are the coral-banks of the South Sea and Australian waters ; but Chinese fishermen go as far as New Guinea, and American ships to the Caroline Islands, in pursuit of this favorite of the Chinese taste. The greatest market for the trepang is Mascassar, where not less than thirty-sit varieties are exposed for sale, the choicest of which bring incredible prices. The worm is caught either by long pointed sticks, that are thrust down at random, or is brought up from the deep by skilful and well paid divers. In Sumatra, they are thrown alive on heaps of coral lime, which induces them to disgorge their whole contents ; at other places they are cooked for two whole davs. when they begin to resemble calfs-foot jelly, and, by the aid of powerful spices, become fit for the table. Not much more attractive to the stranger is the favorite dish of roany a European nation roasted or pickled snails. The slimy, slippery form of these animals makes them to most persons peculiarly repulsive, but their extraordinary nutritive power and excellent taste has long sinoe served to defeat all prejudice. While the Ashan-tees, and other nations of lowest grade, smoke them and eat them as daily food all the year round, the higher races enploy them only as relish or for special occasions. The Romans already valued the coohlearia, and fattened them with bran and wins until they reached truly gigantic dimensions. In our day, also, they are prescribed as eminently useful to sufferers in consumption, and all Southern Europe affects tbem during the times of annual fasting. In Switi- erfand and Italy the traveler finds largb establishments, where they art carefully raised, and either disposed of at home, or potted and sent by millions to foreign conn-trier. The red snail makes a capital broth for weak parsons i the pnmaiia may b e J ii Vr . .... luunu in an oouoinea. . ia Venice ail snails are eaten, at least by tha poor ; in Franca the Wgnof H euiamU is consumed in in- oredible numbers. - jf" Aa, impertinent fcllow' wants' to know if yoo ever sat down to tea when there was skint milk an the table, without ht leg aslrtd, - Pt yon takt erssm ?".(.' Lou of life ia Great Battles. Tha waste of human life in the unsuccessful attack an the Malakoff and Radaa appears to have been nearly as great though not quite aa In tht average or tht most destructive modern battles. More than five thousand of the assailants were killed and wounded, a vast proportion, when wt consider how small comparatively the storming column was. The French alone admit a loss of tbirtv-eiirht hundred men out of an attacking force of twenty-five thousand ; that it to say, every seventh man was rendered incapable, either by death or wounds. There is, indeed, one modern siege which was more bloody than this not actually, however, but when the numbers engaged are compared with those who fell. ' We allude to the second teige of Badajos, In the Peninsular war. That famous 8panish fortress was invested br Wellington, at the neaa ot twenty-two thousand men, and n nally carried by storm after one of the most sanguinary assaults on record. In the at tack on the great breach alone hot less than thirty-eight hundred men fell. Yet Bad a' joi was a small place, the fort not being larger, perhaps, than the JUalakoff and its out-works. Whoever would realize half the horrors of war, should read Napier's account of the fall of Badnjot. Marengo, Austerlitz, Wngram, Liepsio, Dresden, Borodino, and Waterloo were among the most desperately contested battles of the first Napoleon. At Marengo the Austrians lost ten thousand, more than a third of their whole force. A considerable portion of these were prisoners, however, while at the Redan and Maiakoff but few prisoners were taken. At Austerliti the French lort twelve thousand, or nearly a sixth of their entire force ; but the allies lost thirty thousand, or more than a third. AtWagram the loss on either side was twenty-five thousand, or about one-seventh of those engaged. At Liepsic the loss was forty-three thousand on the side of the allies, out of nearly three hundred thousand on the held, and sixty thousand on the part of the French, out of one hundred and seventy-five thousand. At Dresden, the allies lost twenty. five thousand, or one-sixth of their entire number, while the French lost but twelve thousand, or ode- tenth. At Borodino, the bloodiest battle of all, fifty thousand fell on each side, or a third of those engaged. At Waterloo the French lost forty thousand, or more than half; but a large proportion of thesd fell in the rout ; yet the English lost nearly twenty thousand, or almost a third of their entire troops. It is often said, in discussing military af fairs, that our American battles have been too trifling to take into consideration. But if we consider, not the numbers actually Kiuea and wounded, but the proportion which those numbers bear to the whole force engaged, we shall find that those notions, thus adorned, were as tightly contested as the first Napoleon's battles. , At Eutaw Springs, for example, in the Revolutionary war, one-third of both armies were left unon the field. At Chinnewa. in the war of 1812, nearly one-fifth of the British were disabled. At Lundy't Lane the loss of the Americans was one-third, and that of the British equally great. At New-Orleans, were the British attempted, on a smaller scale, tne same rash expen ment which they have just been defeated in oeiore tne Jtiedan and Malakoff. the as saiknts lost two thousand out of their army oi iweive wousana. From these statistics it appears that battles in tbe open held are generally more bloody, tnougn not always, than assaults ef in trenohed positions. The reason is that in the former case the entire army is usually engaged, but in the latter case only the storming column. Tbe loss of those actu ally occupied in the attack is always hear ier, however, than the average loss of an army m the open held, it would seem, also, that the allies in their late repulse suQered as severely as the English at Aew Orleans a defeat which has always been considered one of the most sanguinary on record. Mainmort sun. Earth and Hbavbij, children," said I. ' You have two " 1 have four," was the reply, 'Two on earth, two in heaven." There spoke the mother I Still her's 1 only " gone before 1" Still remembered, loved and cherished, by the heart and at the board ; their places not yet filled ; even though their successors draw life from the same faithful breast where tieir dying heads were pillowed. "Two in heaven I" Safety housed from storm and tempest ; no sickness there ; nor drooping head ; nor lading eye, nor weary feet, ssy tbe green Eastures ; tended by the Good Shepherd, ngfcr the little lambs of the heavenly fold. "Two in heaven l" Earth is less attractive ! Eternity nearer 1 Invisible cords drawing the maternal soul upwards. " Still small" voices, ever whispering eomt'J to the world-weary spirit. " i wo in neaven r Mother of angels I Walk softly I holy eyes watch thy footsteps) cherub forms bend to listen I Keep thy spirit free from earth's taint, so shall thou " go to them," tnougn " tner may not return to thee' Worth Pbiskhvuto. Master your pas tions, or they will master you. Waste nothing ; neither money, lime, or talent. Let everything' have its place, and every' business its time. Omit no duty, commit no nnkindnesa. Obey promptly that yon may learn to command. Keep the body' perfeody pore', aa an indication of purity of the mind within. ' Rewire to perfofnl what yon ought; perform what you resolve. .; Eat not to dullness ; drink not to- elevation. , Speak the truth, or be silent-'. Bs courteous; be charitable-in honor preferring one to another. , v , , .If you can sy nothing good of one, ssy nothing at all. ' Without Kppliealiott the first talentt are Worthies-fend with application tby may bt valuable. . , spitting-. ', , . ; '. , Will tht time ever come when (he spittoon, that disgusting reminder that people , spit, will he ramoved from our parlors, , steamers and ears f Those who chew to ' bacoo should M a delicacy in having this one of the lower vices made apparent by . the use of la case de tabac, as few others rarely avail themselves of this covenience, . Tht habit of spitting it probably one rea--ton why tha Americans are so meager in person. They spit themselves to death, and then talk wondcriogly about our cli mate swell tha numbers of those wbo die of consumption, aod look like scare crows ' during the period of their natural life. ' Women ana girls rarely sniwfon an instinctive tense of its indelicacy : but men 1 look solemn, talk grave and spit. Ther finish a sentence in conversation by a spit, 4 just as we close a paragraph ia our editorial p with1 a period. ., .. . ': Boys' as toon Wtbey are Installed into --a broad collar, spit. They practice in or-der to do this well shooting forward tbe body, and the under lip, till they become masters of the art, and able to hit a spittoon at the greatest possible distance. ' ' If spitting must be done, the pocket-.' handkerchief is the only legitimate medi- . um, and this can be used in a manner at 1 little obvious to the spectator as possible. Those who have this habit inveteratcly established, should carry an extra handkerchief, that the one " wisely kept for show" may be as little objectionable as possible. Seriously, our secretions, if healthful, are never offensive, and never in undue quantities the habit of casting the saliva trom the mouth causes an extra seoretion, which must in its turn be ejected, and thus nature is severely taxed to supply the waste ..the gums shrujk the teeth fail the throat is parched bronchitis, first, and finally consumption, or some other desay of a weak organ, comet in to close the ' scene. An Arab would tun a man through who should presume to spit in his presence. Ibe bird never spits, the toad that squats to the earth, and the serpent secrets' saliva as a deadly poison. If we weep passionately, the saliva is bitter it is pungent and scanty in the action of the baser emotions, while love renders it sweet and abundant. The saliva is associated with our whole animal economy, and follows closely upon tbe action of our minds, sympathetically, intimately with all its moods. - bensitiveness inclines us to swallow down our saliva, while disgust disposes us to spit it out. Tbe scent of roses moistens the lips more than the tongue ; lemons eause the mouth to be filled with saliva. The sight of one who is hateful to us dries the mouth, while on the contrary one who is agreeable moistens it. llence, those who weep much have dry lips, while those who suffer without tears, have not only dry lips, ' but an acrid mouth. Here is a beautiful ' philosophy in all this, and those who waste the secretions by spitting, lose not only the action of these glands, but unquestionably weauen tne une sensiDiuties associated with-tbem. Show us a man who spits, and voir show us a man- of uncertain characteristics, and one whose sensibilities are not to be ' ' trusted. Do away with spittoons, and na ture will do her work more genially for man ; she will beautify him ; whereas now ' she is now continually patching him up. , Mrt. E. Oakes Smith. All about Rats. We notice the systematic attack made by the rats in New-Haven on some children ; each singling out his victim and jumping with a simultaneous squeal, upod tbe little . girls playing in the yard. A little boy of . two years was caught by the knee, and held until the child's grandfather went td bis assistance, and then, as the rat scorned to run, it bad to be killed. Attempts had been made to poison these rats, with partial success, and it may have been in retal-. iation for their poisonous attempts, that this concerted charge was made. The rat is one of the most interesting animals on the globe. In Europe he make historical eras different hordes of invaders brought their peculiar rat in their train. Europe has seen the rat of the Goths, the , Vandals, and the Huns. Europe has its' Norman rat and Tartar, and a great rat of the Parisian sewer of recent date and Mus- . eovite origin. , ( The brown rat, otherwise known as the Norman rat, hat established iself all over-the world, by the commerce of civilised ' times it has had possession of France for the last six or seven centuries ; but within ' the last it has found its master in the Mus-, oovite and Tartar rat, called in Paris the rat of Montfaueon. These hew rats, previous-1 ly unknown to Europe descended from the , heights of the great central plateau of Asia, from which the Hun and Mongol horsemen descended, who spread right and left and took possession of Rome on the one hand and Pekin on the other. The establishment of the Muscovite rat in France, commenced with tbe extirpation of the brown or Norman rat that rat baa almost disappeared and is found only in the-cabinets of the enriom collectors while . the Muscovite1 rat ir daily increasing in size, ferocity" and courage. The Russian rat devours the dog, the cat, and attack t ;' tbe child asleep. Tbe corpse of a man it a dainty for this beast, and it always com- . me'nces by eating out the eyes. Its tooth : is the most venomous ; and the author from whom we derive most of thit article, states that he has known of ten cases of ampu-' tation of the leg, necessitated by the1 bite of this rat," ' .. " ' " -; The cat' turns tail upon this rat m its ' most ferocious state. A good rat terrier is ' the best destroyer, but fortunately rats are ' fstophogus, eat one another, fight duels,' indulge in broils and intestine feuds, and ' grand obstructive' battles; Were it olbei-wise", they would pake this world ad on '' pleasant place for a man to live in. We ' thbuld have ti fight our way, and not un-' frequently, like the Archbwhop of May' encs, should b dragged from cur beds at ' midnight by aa army of rats and devoured on the spot. ' 1 The rat is the ernUeri of mlry, mur der And raprae etnnibal and ri V r ' devoM to the p)im;pl of r : ! t, "-Hon.. V.'ill it ever difp'rT . , ;